Jar-lid sealer



` Patented May 26, 1925. l L

UNITED STATES PATENfrorFicE, x

,WALTER H. Henri/IAN,

or JonnaN, MINNESOTA.

Jan-Lin snALnn;

Application filed April 16, 1924. Serial No. 706,914.'

To all fwlont t nm/y coliceri'l, A

Be it known that I, TAI/ran H. HAn'rMAN. a citizen of the Uni-ted States, residingl at Jordan, in the county of Scott and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lar-Lid Sealers, or' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to `iars, and has more particular reference to a means `tor rigidly sealing the lid ot' the jar in place, tor preventing the access ot air into the jar, and the consequent spoiling of its contents.

The primary object ot the present invention resides in the provision of a sealing' means, that. constitutes the provision ot a pair ot balls pivotally secured to a member encircling the neck of a jar, and adapted to be extended over the jar lid and joined together in a tight manner through the medium of certain elements constituting essentials of the present invention for adequately securing the lid upon .the ar.

An additional object is to provide a sealing means for jar lids, that may be manu-- iactured and marketed at extremely small cost, and one Vthat may be operated in a simple manner.

With the foregoing' and other objects in view, as the nature of the invention will. be better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination, and arrangement et parts hereinafter more fully de scribed, shown in the accompanying drawing, and claimed. Y

In the drawing, wherein rlike reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a tragmenti'iry side elevational view of jar, the lid thereof being secured in place', throueh the medium ot a Yfastening means constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure i2 is a `top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view ot one et the units that constitutes an cssential. part of the present invention, and

Figure 4t is a fragmentary .elevational view ot the twisted wire member that is adapted to be secured around the neck ot the jar, said twisted wire member constituting the provision of a pair ot wires intertwisled, and the ends thereof being joined together, in a manner pretera-bly as .shown in this figure.

f vNow having particular reference to ,the drawing, 5 indicates thel ar, the upper open endet which is enlarged, at 6, for providing a shoulder 7, and upon which upper open endis adapted to be disposed a lid 8, while intermediate said lid and the jar is adapted to be inserted a rubber packing ringl 9, which is a feature now well known. In carrying out the present invention, it is necessary that thev outer surface of the jar lid 8 lbe formed centrally with a raised knob or head 10, that is formed with a transverse channel 11.

My lid fastening means per se, constitutes the provision oit a member 12, adapted to be extended Varound the neck of the jar 5, beneath the shoulder 7 formed by the enlargement G, at the upper end ot the jar.

This member 12 constitutes the provision ot' a pair et wire links, that are intertwisted as shown, the ends thereof being joined together by int-ertwisting, designated 13 and 14; respectively in Figure t.

Secured to the twisted wire member 12 encircling the jar neck, and at diametrically opposite points thereon, are the tree ends oit the legs ot wire hails 15 `and 1G, that are adapted to be extended inwardly over the jar head 8, in a manner as clearly shown in Figures 'land 2. Adapted to be inserted in the cross panel 11 ot `thelid carrying head or knob 10, a bolt 17, that is termed with spaced oppositely extending screw threads 18 and 19. Arranged upon the oppositely extending screw threads of this bolt are nuts 20 and 21, the lower edge of the nut Q0 being formed with an inwardly eX- tending hook 22, under which 'the closed end ot the Vbail 16 is adapted to be arranged as shown iu the top plan view, Figure The other. nut- 521 is formed upon its lower end with a longitudinally entending opening Q3, through which is to be passed the closed end ot `the other bail 15.

One end oi. the bolt 17 is squared as at Q11-, whereby the saine may be turned through the medium of a key, and it will at once be apparent that atter the lid 8 has been. placed upon the jar, and the bail 15 eX- tended thereover, and the bolt placed within the channel of the head or knob, the other bail 16 may be arranged within the hook 22 ot the nut 20, after which a turning of the bolt in one direction will occasion the inward. movement o1 the nuts 20 and 21, for manifestly drawing the bail tightly together upon the lid for rigidly securing the same in position upon the It will thus be seen that I have provided a highly novel and simplified form ofy 5 lid fastener, and one that will meet with 1U and scope of the appended claim.

`Having thus described my invention, what I Claim as new and desirefoseoure by Letters Patent is: q

In a jar lid fastener of the character de scribed, a meniber surrouiulingthe neel; of

the jar, a pair of hails pivotally seeured to (ghe member at opposite points 'hereon, a holt adapted to be arranged upon the jar lid and formed withr oppositelyi extenderi threads at its ends, a nui*J engaged with one` thread of the bolt and having an opening through which exends one hail, and a seeond nut having a hookedl extension for engaging the other hail and `adapted to be received on the other thread of thebolt..

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature. IVAL'IER H. IIARTIIN. 

